40th Street–Lowery Street station

40 Street–Lowery Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Address	40th Street & Queens Boulevard Sunnyside, NY 11104
Borough	Queens
Locale	Sunnyside
Coordinates	40°44′37.72″N 73°55′27.04″W / 40.7438111°N 73.9241778°W / 40.7438111; -73.9241778Coordinates: 40°44′37.72″N 73°55′27.04″W / 40.7438111°N 73.9241778°W / 40.7438111; -73.9241778
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Q32 MTA Bus: Q60
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	April 21, 1917; 104 years ago (1917-04-21)
Station code	459[2]
Opposite- direction transfer	No
Former/other names	Lowery Street
Traffic
2019	3,074,342[4]  0.9%
Rank	164 out of 424[4]
Station succession
Next north	46th Street–Bliss Street: 7
Next south	33rd Street–Rawson Street: 7
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Track layout Legend to 46 St–Bliss St to 33 St–Rawson St
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

40th Street–Lowery Street (announced as simply 40th Street on trains) is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the 7 local train at all times.

History[]

The Flushing Line was opened from Queensboro Plaza to Alburtis Avenue (now 103rd Street–Corona Plaza) on April 21, 1917, with a local station at 40th Street.^[5]

The platforms at 40th Street were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains.^[6]

Station layout[]

P Platform level
	Side platform
	Southbound local	← toward Hudson Yards (33rd Street–Rawson Street)
	Peak-direction express	← AM rush does not stop here ← PM rush/evenings does not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ toward Flushing–Main Street (46th Street–Bliss Street) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

Street view

The station has two side platforms and three tracks. The center track is used by peak-direction <7> express trains during rush hours.

In 1998, the name "Lowery", a former name for 40th Street in 1917 at the time of construction,^[7] was removed from the station and maps, but was restored in 2004 as part of a historical move. The 1999 artwork featured at the station is called Q is for Queens by Yumi Heo.

Exit[]

The exit is under the tracks in the median of Queens Boulevard. The exit is at 40th Street with two stairs from each platform. Since fare control is on different sides of the exit, there is no free transfer between directions, although the station's layout could allow one.^[8] This makes the station one of only two stations along the 7 (the other being Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue) to not have a crossover or crossunder, as well as the only elevated station on the line that does not allow for free transfers between directions.

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to 40th Street – Lowery Street (IRT Flushing Line) at Wikimedia Commons
• nycsubway.org – IRT Flushing Line: 40th Street/Lowery Street
• Station Reporter — 7 Train
• The Subway Nut — 40th Street–Lowery Street Pictures Archived September 24, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 40th Street–Lowery Street (IRT Flushing Line)
• 40th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View